Aphasia Flashcards
Define communication
- active process of exchanging information and ideas
- includes: gestures, vocalizations, verbalizing, signs, pictures, symbols, printed word, and output from augmentative and alternative (AAC) devices
what is the difference between receptive and expressive language?
- Expressive → ability to communicate one’s thoughts, ideas and feelins
- Receptive → ability to understand what another person is communicating
Which cranial nerves are involved with speech?
CN V, VII, IX, X and XII
what is the general function of CN IX?
- Taste
- Swallowing
- Elevation of pharynx and larynx
- Parotid salivary gland
- Sensation to posterior tongue and upper pharynx
What is the general function of CN X?
- Taste
- Swallowing
- Elevation of palate
- Phonation
- PNS outflow to visceral organs
What is the Central Language Mechanism?
essentially how the brain functions when we’re talking and comprehending speech
What are the brain regions and major components of the Central Language Mechanism?
- Broca’s Area
- Primary motor cortex
- Arcuate fasciculus
- Angular gyrus
- Wernicke’s area
- Supramarginal gyrus
- Corpus callosm
- Subcortical regions:
- Thalamus
- Internal capsule
- Striatum
- Globus pallidus
- White matter tracts
what is Broca’s area responsible for?
Motor programming for articulation
(expression of language)
what is the role of the primary motor cortex regarding speech?
activation of muscles for articulation
(dorsal frontal lobe)
what is the role of the Arcuate fasciculus?
transmission of linguistic info to anterior areas from posterior areas
(bundle of axons that generally connects the Broca’s area to Wernicke’s)
What is the role of the Angular gyrus?
integrates visual, auditory, and tactile info and carries out symbolic integration for reading
(parietal lobe)
what is the role of Wernicke’s area?
comprehension of oral language
(temporal lobe)
what is the role of the supramarginal gyrus?
symbolic integration for writing
what is the role of the corpus callosum regarding speech?
transmission of info between hemispheres
- C-shaped nerve fiber bundle found above the thalamus, under the cortex
what is the role of the thalamus regarding speech?
naming and memory mechanisms
What is the role of internal capsule, striatum, and globus pallidus regarding speech?
play a general role in speech and language
part of the basal ganglia
What is aphasia?
Neurogenic language disorder resulting from an injury to the brain
(typically the L hemisphere)
Aphasia can happen in all 4 language modalities: ___________________
- expressive language
- receptive language
- reading
- writing
List the 8 dimensions of Aphasia
- Fluent versus nonfluent
- Grammatical integrity
- Volitional reception
- Auditory comprehension
- Writing disorder
- Reading disorder
- Expression of names
- Response dynamism
what is generally included in testing for aphasia?
- Naming task → visual confrontation
- Speech sample → spontaneous conversation
- Repetition
- Comprehension of spoken language
- Reading
- Writing